Citation Rankings
Highly Cited Researchers
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The Citation Rankings (Highly Cited Researchers) highlight the most cited and influential researchers across a vast range of scientific fields, covering 197 main and sub-disciplines, including the Art and Humanities Citation Rankings and Social Sciences and Humanities Citation Rankings. This service, offered exclusively by AD Scientific Index, aims to provide a balanced perspective by excluding data from CERN and other statistical sources that disproportionately favor certain researchers, particularly in the social sciences and humanities. This unique approach addresses the advantages researchers with multi-author publications and CERN involvement hold over others. Furthermore, citation rankings help uncover rule violations and unethical practices within the research community. For more detailed citation analyses, explore the Scientists Last 6 Years Citation Index, Universities Total Citations Rankings 2025, and Universities Last 6 Years Citations Rankings 2025.
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Particle Physics
Field Theory
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,996
51,221
0.305
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,405
49,365
0.614
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Two-phase flow
Nuclear Engineering
Thermal Hydraulics
Safety Analysis
Two-fluid Model Development
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,952
11,583
0.322
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Engineering
High energy cosmic rays
Astroparticle physics and astronomy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,762
3,533
0.155
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
nuclear nonproliferation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,056
1,651
0.075
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Radiation Effects
Nuclear Engineering Materials
Ion Beam Modification
TEM Characterization
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,066
7,726
0.367
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Material Science
Radiation Effects in Materials
Multi-scale Computer Simulation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
9,498
0.482
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Computational Science and Engineering
Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Flows
Nuclear Engineering
High Performance Computing
Nu
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,369
7,246
0.374
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Nuclear fuel cycles
nonproliferation
radioactive waste management
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
4,273
0.240
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
nuclear fuel and materials behavior
fusion energy
plasma materials interactions
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
7,919
0.480
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Nanostructured materials
Nanocomposites
Membranes for water treatment and desalination
Additive manufacturing
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,978
9,018
0.564
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
isotopos estaveis
biogeoquimica
ecologia de sistemas
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
3,051
0.198
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Nuclear Phenomenology
Experimental Heavy Ion Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,212
13,877
0.976
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Semiconductor Sensor
Radiation Detection
Neutron Imaging
Neutron Detector
Nuclear Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
8,098
0.740
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Transport
Monte Carlo
Nuclear Reactor Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,794
6,440
0.597
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Materials synthesis
surface and interface chemistry
energy storage
heterogeneous catalysis
separations
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,785
4,907
0.455
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
computational biology
gene regulatory networks
bioinformatics
genomics
genome annotation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,978
4,457
0.447
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Applied Nuclear Physics
Radiation Detection
Radiation Imaging
Nuclear Physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,931
3,735
0.376
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Innovation
productivity
competitiveness
energy
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,304
2,014
0.216
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Nuclear Materials
Materials Science
Nuclear Engineering
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
3,926
0.434
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Heat and mass transfer
reactor safety
nuclear materials management and security
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,808
4,017
0.456
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
nuclear physics
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,560
3,373
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Nuclear Organization
Transcription
Biomolecular Condensates
Chromatin
Phase Separation
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
7,742
0.907
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Nuclear collision modeling
space radiation transport and shielding
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
2,140
0.264
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
1,140
2
2
Ranking Based On Selection: 1
Irinel Caprini
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
167,996
51,221
0.305
Particle Physics
Field Theory
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
2,938
66
7
Ranking Based On Selection: 2
Martinus Th Van Genuchten
Utrecht University
Utrecht, Netherlands
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
103,229
29,676
0.287
Hydrology
vadose zone
contaminant transport
unsaturated flow
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
4,600
2,192
60
Ranking Based On Selection: 3
Ju Li
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
80,405
49,365
0.614
Computational Materials Science
metallurgy
solid mechanics
nanocomposites
batteries
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
16,901
7,949
28
Ranking Based On Selection: 4
Mamoru Ishii
Purdue University
West Lafayette, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
35,952
11,583
0.322
Two-phase flow
Nuclear Engineering
Thermal Hydraulics
Safety Analysis
Two-fluid Model Development
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
33,786
15
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 5
Pham Ngoc Dong
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,762
3,533
0.155
Probabilistic Risk Assessment
Nuclear Safety
Nuclear Engineering
High energy cosmic rays
Astroparticle physics and astronomy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
35,339
15,864
9
Ranking Based On Selection: 6
Geoff Forden
Sandia National Laboratories
New Mexico, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
22,056
1,651
0.075
nuclear nonproliferation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
37,715
16,854
371
Ranking Based On Selection: 7
Lumin Wang
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
21,066
7,726
0.367
Radiation Effects
Nuclear Engineering Materials
Ion Beam Modification
TEM Characterization
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
41,463
18,300
411
Ranking Based On Selection: 8
Fei Gao
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,688
9,498
0.482
Material Science
Radiation Effects in Materials
Multi-scale Computer Simulation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
42,356
18,667
43
Ranking Based On Selection: 9
Douglas B Kothe
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
19,369
7,246
0.374
Computational Science and Engineering
Fluid Dynamics and Interfacial Flows
Nuclear Engineering
High Performance Computing
Nu
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
47,464
20,663
46
Ranking Based On Selection: 10
Steve Skutnik
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
17,830
4,273
0.240
Nuclear fuel cycles
nonproliferation
radioactive waste management
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
52,547
22,673
55
Ranking Based On Selection: 11
Brian D Wirth
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
16,514
7,919
0.480
nuclear fuel and materials behavior
fusion energy
plasma materials interactions
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
54,997
51
18
Ranking Based On Selection: 12
Tahar Laoui
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,978
9,018
0.564
Nanostructured materials
Nanocomposites
Membranes for water treatment and desalination
Additive manufacturing
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
57,805
633
197
Ranking Based On Selection: 13
Reynaldo Luiz Victoria
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
15,383
3,051
0.198
isotopos estaveis
biogeoquimica
ecologia de sistemas
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
64,180
27,083
69
Ranking Based On Selection: 14
Fernando Antonio Flor
University of Houston
Houston, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
14,212
13,877
0.976
Nuclear Phenomenology
Experimental Heavy Ion Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
88,641
35,913
257
Ranking Based On Selection: 15
Lei R Cao
Ohio State University
Columbus, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,948
8,098
0.740
Semiconductor Sensor
Radiation Detection
Neutron Imaging
Neutron Detector
Nuclear Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,156
36,467
806
Ranking Based On Selection: 16
Brian Kiedrowski
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,794
6,440
0.597
Nuclear Engineering
Radiation Transport
Monte Carlo
Nuclear Reactor Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
90,254
36,501
285
Ranking Based On Selection: 17
Pasquale F Fulvio
Texas A&M University
College Station, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
10,785
4,907
0.455
Materials synthesis
surface and interface chemistry
energy storage
heterogeneous catalysis
separations
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
98,726
1,385
405
Ranking Based On Selection: 18
Diego Mauricio Riaño Pachón|Diego Mauricio Riano-Pachon
Universidade de São Paulo USP
São Paulo, Brazil
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,978
4,457
0.447
computational biology
gene regulatory networks
bioinformatics
genomics
genome annotation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
99,295
39,624
696
Ranking Based On Selection: 19
Kai Vetter
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,931
3,735
0.376
Applied Nuclear Physics
Radiation Detection
Radiation Imaging
Nuclear Physics
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
106,980
42,331
769
Ranking Based On Selection: 20
Richard K Lester
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,304
2,014
0.216
Innovation
productivity
competitiveness
energy
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
110,399
43,455
154
Ranking Based On Selection: 21
Thak Sang Byun
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
9,049
3,926
0.434
Nuclear Materials
Materials Science
Nuclear Engineering
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
113,817
44,675
752
Ranking Based On Selection: 22
Per F Peterson
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,808
4,017
0.456
Heat and mass transfer
reactor safety
nuclear materials management and security
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,500
45,890
244
Ranking Based On Selection: 23
La Bernstein
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,560
3,373
0.394
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
117,868
46,013
159
Ranking Based On Selection: 24
Benjamin R Sabari
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,536
7,742
0.907
Nuclear Organization
Transcription
Biomolecular Condensates
Chromatin
Phase Separation
* Total Citation Counts Rankings
Rankings
124,891
48,356
1
Ranking Based On Selection: 25
Lawrence W Townsend
University of Tennessee System
Knoxville, United States
Citation Metrics
Total
Last 6 Years
Last 6 Years / Total
8,106
2,140
0.264
Nuclear collision modeling
space radiation transport and shielding